In that moment Bastian made a profound discovery. You wish for something, you’ve wanted it for years, and you’re sure you want it, as long as you know you can’t have it. But if all at once it looks as though your wish might come true, you
...more
“Pretty sad that we define each other by what we do to put bread on the table rather than what makes us come alive.”
―
―
“interesting, Micah headed into town for groceries. He glanced at his fuel gage. Almost empty. Perfect excuse to stop”
― Rooms
― Rooms
“Set a pen to a dream, and the colour drains from it. The ink with which we write seems diluted with something holding too much of reality, and we find that after all we cannot delineate the incredible memory. It is as if our inward selves, released from the bonds of daytime and objectivity, revelled in prisoned emotions which are hastily stifled when we translate them. In dreams and visions lie the greatest creations of man, for on them rests no yoke of line or hue. Forgotten scenes, and lands more obscure than the golden world of childhood, spring into the sleeping mind to reign until awakening puts them to rout.”
― H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection
― H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection
“Your heart broke again and again, and you tried to fix the pieces with the salves of the world. But they can only dull the pain; they cannot heal. You have been chained. You’ve hidden your heart in the dark places. But I came to heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free.”
― Rooms
― Rooms
Aaron George’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Aaron George’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Polls voted on by Aaron George
Lists liked by Aaron George

























